Program will offset customers’ carbon impact from travel to and from grocer

The Rockville, Md.-based grocery chain will buy carbon credits from TerraPass in direct proportion to the emissions released from its customers’ shopping trips. MOM’s estimates it will be able to offset more than 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. This will be equivalent to eliminating yearly greenhouse gas emissions from 1,067 passenger vehicles or the carbon dioxide emissions from using 621,400 gallons of gasoline. The grocer will use customer ZIP codes to estimate mileage driven to and from its stores.